Taking into consideration the following lines from the novel, what can readers infer about how the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965 benefitted Ashoke? "the following year...he returned to college and graduated, and without telling his parents, he applied to continue his engineering studies abroad. Only after he'd been accepted with a full fellowship, a newly issued passport in hand, did he inform them of his plans." 1. the immigration act of 1965 allowed him to obtain a passport in order to continue his studies in the U.S.; 2. the immigration act of 1965 helped him to be accepted with a full fellowship; 3. the immigration act of 1965 allowed him to share with his parents his plans to travel to the U.S.; or 4. the immigration act of 1965 helped him to continue his studies abroad.
Based on the provided lines from the novel, readers can infer that option 4, the Immigration Act of 1965 helped Ashoke to continue his studies abroad. The passage states that Ashoke applied to continue his engineering studies abroad after graduating from college. It suggests that the Immigration Act of 1965 allowed him to travel to the U.S. and continue his education, implying that the Act played a role in his ability to study abroad.
